Press Releases
Medea comes to the Belgrade Theatre
Euripides’ tragedy about love, betrayal and revenge is coming to Coventry. The play will be produced by Classics students at the University of Warwick, and will be performed in the Main Stage of the prestigious Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.
Known as one the most tragic pieces of ancient Greek theatre, the play tells the story of the former barbarian princess Medea and her desire to exact revenge against her unfaithful husband, Jason.
Coventry in “right place” to expand digital creative sector following City of Culture win
Coventry is in the “right place for new and expanding digital creative businesses”, a new report, by a team including researchers from Warwick Business school, into the potential of the city’s digital creative sectors has found.
Exhibition challenges stereotype of Down Syndrome
The University of Warwick is hosting a photography exhibition which challenges preconceptions of Down Syndrome.
Coventry pays tribute to African-American actor Ira Aldridge
Supported by the University of Warwick, Coventry will honour the achievements of one of the greatest figures in both black history and the history of theatre: the Lord Mayor Tony Skipper and the veteran actor Earl Cameron CBE will unveil a blue plaque commemorating the Midlands city’s unique links to the African American actor Ira Aldridge, who died 150 years ago.